Bernard Samuel

Bernard Samuel (9 March 1880-12 January 1954) was Mayor of Philadelphia (R) from 22 August 1941 to 7 January 1952, succeeding Robert Eneas Lamberton and preceding Joseph S. Clark Jr..

Biography
Bernard Samuel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1880, and he was elected to the City Council in 1923. In 1939, he became President pro tempore of the City Council after the previous president, Robert Eneas Lamberton, became acting Mayor in 1940. When Lamberton also died in office in 1941, Samuel became Mayor of Philadelphia. He supported the creation of a city sales tax and a city wage tax, hosted the 1947 Better Philadelphia Exhibition, and quelled the 1944 transit strike. He left office in 1952, and, as of 2019, he was the last Republican Mayor of Philadelphia.